Description

SK 81 NW FREEBY SAXBY ROAD

Stapleford (east side) 6/43 The Bedehouses and adjoining out- 1.1.68 buildings

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8 almshouses. 1732. Enlarged and remodelled in the Picturesque style, 1820. Brick with stone dressings, pantile and thatched roofs, 4 grouped ridge stacks, ashlar projecting quoins. Single storey plus attics, 16 bays. West front has a central pair of doors flanked by pairs of casements, flanked by pairs of doors, again flanked by pairs of casements andterminated by single doors. The doors have Tudor arched heads and the windows have 3 iron casements, all with projecting rusticated surrounds with keystone lintels. Above, 6 gabled dormers. North and south ends have each a door, that to south broken out, and a dormer above. Rear has the same pattern of fenestration as the front with small segmental headed casements and plank doors. Adjoining quadrangle of partly ruinous single storey outbuildings, 6 bays wide by 3 bays deep. Built for the Earl of Harborough and remodelled for his heirs to house Stapleford Park Estate workers.

Listing NGR: SK8122318738

External Links

• Wikidata Q26471528

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)